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Research
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Research is a process of investigation
information about a topic.
done to gather more knowledge and
Why do we research ⁉
We research to expand our understanding, solve problems and contribute to the
development of new ideas
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Why do we research in MUN ⁉
Researching is the most crucial part in MUN. Through research we
❖ Learn all about the topic
❖ Find important information and facts about the topic
❖ Come up with ideas
❖ Speak confidently and engage in strong arguments
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How should we begin our research?
1) Read the Background guide (helps
general idea of the topic)
you to develop a
📍- While reading the Background Guide Take notes, refer the links in the bibliography
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2) Now you are ready to start your own research✍
What to research?
❖ Topic
❖ Country
❖ Past Efforts
❖ Organisations and Countries involved
❖ Possible solutions
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Topic Research
- Start with understanding the issue
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Tip - Go through the guiding questions in the Background Guide to think deeply
about the issue
❓and think about the future of the issue
- Research about the root causes 🔎of the issue
- Search for facts and statistics📉 to understand the prominence of the issue
- Ask yourself questions
- Break the topic down into sub-issues and repeat the same ♾
Country Research
- Want to know more about your country? Then research about its
❖ History
- History means old recent History (Go back no further than
one year)
❖ National Interests
❖ Current Political affairs
❖ Foreign policies (Fancy term for the relationship with other countries)
The most important part of researching is getting to know what your country
wants
a) Usually, a country wants more⬆
b) Or not lose what they already have
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Biggest mistake
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- Creating solutions that do not align with your country’s policies
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Tip - Stay updated on your region’s current political affairs
Ex - Natural calamities
- Economic crisis
- Revolt
- Country's sanctions
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By now you should have understood the topic and know some of the previous
actions
Save the Links in a document.
- Saving the links of the websites from which you research helps you to go back
for future purposes
- Also taking notes from those links can be very useful.
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📁 is called research binder.It is the compilation of your research.
This document